cloudmin backups: .gz.1 (0 bytes)

Submitted by aitte on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 21:12

What's up with that file?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root        964 Feb 26 13:42 machine.disks
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1176295132 Feb 26 13:42 machine.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root          0 Feb 26 13:42 machine.gz.1
-rw------- 1 root root       1765 Feb 26 13:42 machine.serv

It's always created and never more than 0 bytes. :P

Status: 
Closed (works as designed)

Comments

Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 22:03

It is intentional - it indicates a disk skipped in the backup (typically a swap disk).

Submitted by aitte on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 22:49

Ah, but why keep the file? Doesn't "machine.disks" give enough info that you don't have to keep the 0 byte file?

Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 22:58

It just exists to signify to the code that a disk has been skipped - the information isn't in the disks file. Trust me, I wrote the code :-)